Thread: [POLL] Which new races would you like the most for FFXIV [2.0.]

Originally Posted by Tonkra

ehm have you seen at what time i did the entire poll postins? there just have been 1-2 minutes between them ... and not days or hours.

Haha I meant you cant add anymore now :P

Not that you were slow the first time around.

Originally Posted by Tonkra

does not work at all... "vivis" look all the same.. yukes also... so it would mean there are no customization options at all in the char creation.. they just distinguish between the armor they wear.. that does not work for an MMO

You could make them work on two bases. One the race would be a large amount of nuance. And two - how many people look the same already anyways ? If someone picks a vivi* race then they are obviously not looking for "facial" features.

Yukes (what I think Vivi was based off of) have more features to separate them (their armors are different based on sex, there seems to be some emblems, as well as body shape (including vivi, even more), and you can do things with the "darkness". I mentioned it in another thread that it would be an interesting challenge, but I think people get too hot on the no button because of their apparent simplicity. "Its not unique looking to each character".. Cant tell you how many times I've seem me on someone else - you get used to it lol. And the magical mystery of the race would suffice for the similarities.


(wing type, glow type, many eye shapes and colors, body shapes (short n fat vivi - taller yuke), male female changes armors style, perhaps armors come with special emblems if chosen - more if you really tried).

Over all I dont think its a lost thought.

Originally Posted by Shougun

Haha I meant you cant add anymore now :P

Not that you were slow the first time around.





You could make them work on two bases. One the race would be a large amount of nuance. And two - how many people look the same already anyways ? If someone picks a vivi* race then they are obviously not looking for "facial" features.

Yukes (what I think Vivi was based off of) have more features to separate them (their armors are different based on sex, there seems to be some emblems, as well as body shape (including vivi, even more), and you can do things with the "darkness". I mentioned it in another thread that it would be an interesting challenge, but I think people get too hot on the no button because of their apparent simplicity. "Its not unique looking to each character".. Cant tell you how many times I've seem me on someone else - you get used to it lol. And the magical mystery of the race would suffice for the similarities.


(wing type, glow type, many eye shapes and colors, body shapes (short n fat vivi - taller yuke), male female changes armors style, perhaps armors come with special emblems if chosen - more if you really tried).

Over all I dont think its a lost thought.

well the helmets of the yukes = are their faces.




helmet = face

and what if a yuke puts a helmet/armor on like this?



a yuke with a long helmet nose would lose the "shape of his face"
they would look the same in that helmet.. or how you would design it? i think thats not possible. yukes work in Final Fantasys where they cant equip different armor. the shape of the yukes' armor defines their appearance.




my suggestions (refering to yoshidas opinion)

dragonic race:


aqua race:

Originally Posted by Tonkra

well the helmets of the yukes = are their faces.

a yuke with a long helmet nose would lose his "shape of his face"
they would look the same in that helmet.. or how you would design it? i think thats not possible. yukes work in Final Fantasys where they cant equip different armor

Just like all races - the armor would be designed to that race. So long helmet noses wouldnt be lost :P (if your character had one).

Like I said, it would be an interesting challenge. But not an impossible one.


They would be a rather unexpected race - right now we have very very sterotypical mmorpg races.

I hope whatever they add next is a little bit more mind blowing then "variation of mithra" "variation of Roe".

Which is why I thought this dragon race yoshida was talking about could be interesting.

Originally Posted by Shougun

Just like all races - the armor would be designed to that race. So long helmet noses wouldnt be lost :P

Does not work.. Lalafells.. Elvaans... have almost the same head shape..

yukes COMPLETELY differentiate... one has a 1 metre long "nose" (his helmet).. while the other has a bulky short nose.
you would need to design a new helmet for EACH "face" of a yuke for each helmet.. like you have to design a new helm appearance for a whole race.

you understand what i mean? If you put a full plate helmet on an elvaan you have these "ears" on that helmet.. no matter what elvaan face you have chosen, the head looks the same, because it fits on every elvaan head.

Originally Posted by Tonkra

Does not work.. Lalafells.. Elvaans... have almost the same head shape..

yukes COMPLETELY differentiate... one has a 1 metre long "nose" (his helmet).. while the other has a bulky short nose.
you would need to design a new helmet for EACH "face" of a yuke for each helmet.. like you have to design a new helm appearance for a whole race.

you understand what i mean? If you put a full plate helmet on an elvaan you have these "ears" on that helmet.. no matter what elvaan face you have chosen, the head looks the same, because it fits on every elvaan head.

Thats a lot of helmets to design :P. Still not impossible though. I get what you mean. It would be a challenge.